Thirteen people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Comilla, Chittagong, Naogaon and Rangpur on Saturday and yesterday.
\nOur Munshiganj correspondent reports, four people were killed and eight others injured as a bus hit a pickup from the opposite direction in Keyotkhali of Shreenagar upazila on Saturday, said police.
\nThe deceased were Shahjahan, 45, his wife Nasima, 35, of Deulbhog in the upazila; the pickup driver Md Ali and his helper Hridoy.
\nShahjahan and Hridoy died at two hospitals in the capital.
\nIn Manikganj, three members of a family were killed and three others injured as a truck rammed a microbus on Dhaka-Aricha highway in sadar upazila yesterday morning.
\nThe deceased Razzak Sheikh, 40, Nurul, 38, and Sujon, 10, were of Faridpur.
\nInjured Lal Miah, 50, Rafiqul, 16, and the microbus driver, Monirul, 30, were rushed to Manikganj Sadar Hospital.
\nLater, Lal Miah and Monirul were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
\nUNB from Comilla reports, three people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Bijoypara in Burichang yesterday.
\nThe deceased Zakir, 30, Sabuj, 14, and Rakib, 4, son of Sohel Mia, were residents of the upazila.
\nSabuj, who was fishing in the ditch, died instantly as the bus hit him.
\nIn Chittagong, CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, Abu Syed of Patiya, was killed and four other unidentified people were injured as a bus hit the auto-rickshaw in Shantirhat Bazar area of the upazila yesterday.
\nThe injured were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
\nMeanwhile, Swapan Das, 56, was killed and his brother injured as a truck hit them in Lal Dighirpar of the port city yesterday.
\nInjured Tapan, 60, of Dewan Bazar area, was rushed to the CMCH.
\nIn Naogaon, motorcyclist Abdullah Al Mamun, 29, deputy assistant agriculture officer, of Goneshpur in Manda upazila, died as a bus hit his motorbike on Naogaon-Rajshahi road in Satbaria of the upazila yesterday.
\nIn Rangpur, Khondkar Estiak Ahmed, UNO of Badarganj, and four others were injured as a tractor hit Estiak’s jeep on Rangpur-Badarganj road in front of ABL Cold Storage yesterday evening.<\/p>\n
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